Evansville vs Northern Iowa Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/8/23

The Northern Iowa Panthers and the Evansville Aces meet in college basketball action from the Ford Center on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Northern Iowa’s listed as a 10.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -550. The total for this game is set at 139.5 points.

Injuries

For Northern Iowa, Nate Heise is out for the season with a finger injury while Evansville has Sekou Kalle listed as out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.

Matchup History

Northern Iowa’s 72-55 win over Evansville back on December 3^rd, 2022, made it three straight wins for Northern Iowa in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Northern Iowa is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a home winning percentage below .400 while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.

Pick

I’m leaning towards Northern Iowa but I don’t really love this game. The thing about Northern Iowa is that if nothing else, they’re the more trustworthy and consistent offense of the two in this game and the only real struggle we’ve seen of the Panthers this season on the road have been against the better teams in the conference, which Evansville is not. Not a game I’m rushing to bet at this number, but I’d stick with Northern Iowa here.